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Key
Ab Major
Difficulty
Intermediate
Capo
None
Chords
Ab · Db · Gb · Eb · Bb
A punk rock anthem that defined a generation. Uses power chords throughout.
Punk Rock (4/4 Time)
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Tip: Play with all power chords and palm muting on the verses. Let it ring on the chorus. Drop tuning helps but isn’t required.
Lyrics & Chords
Full Song
Verse 1
Ab
Don’t want to be an American idiot
Db Gb Db
Don’t want a nation under the new media
Ab
And can you hear the sound of hysteria
Db Gb Db
The subliminal mindf*** America
Chorus
[Eb]Welcome to a new kind of [Bb]tension
All a[Ab]cross the alien [Eb]nation
Where [Eb]everything isn’t meant to be [Bb]okay
[Ab]Television dreams of to[Eb]morrow
[Eb]We’re not the ones who’re meant to [Bb]follow
[Ab]For that’s enough to [Eb]argue
[/verse]
Verse 2
Ab
Well maybe I’m the f***** America
Db Gb Db
I’m not a part of a redneck agenda
Ab
Now everybody do the propaganda
Db Gb Db
And sing along to the age of paranoia